Why is creationism taught in so many American public schools?

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Dec 4, 2013 at 3:10 PMDec 4, 2013 at 4:04 PM

You may have heard or read the news the other day about American high school students not doing especially well in science and math compared to their counterparts in certain other countries (see HERE).

This should come as no surprise, considering the extent to which nonsense is peddled in American classrooms.

Take, for example, the situation described in THIS COLUMN of a couple of years ago:

Teaching creationism in public schools has consistently been ruled unconstitutional in federal courts, but according to a national survey of more than 900 public high school biology teachers, it continues to flourish in ...

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You may have heard or read the news the other day about American high school students not doing especially well in science and math compared to their counterparts in certain other countries (see HERE).

This should come as no surprise, considering the extent to which nonsense is peddled in American classrooms.

Take, for example, the situation described in THIS COLUMN of a couple of years ago:

Teaching creationism in public schools has consistently been ruled unconstitutional in federal courts, but according to a national survey of more than 900 public high school biology teachers, it continues to flourish in ...